Accidental Surrogate
Chapter 313: Sister Support
Ella
“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.
“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.
–
“Are you
– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.
“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”
My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.
“What?” I ask.
“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”
“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan
–
us. “The way this
hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup
reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in
the investigators.
me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my
complicated,” I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister
about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the
to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text you.”
Cora
say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”
My sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled
exasperated look as op my am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one
everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less
three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe
Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when she was truly upset.
never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as
my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do
peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were
see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it.
that day,” Sinclair says, his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that could help.”
your investigators have the notes?” Cora
Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a little recreational
jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you
do
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